Managing Partner, Tapit Partners; and Owner, DaVero Olive Oil
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Managing Partner at Tapit Partners
- Founder & Co-owner at DaVero Sonoma, Inc.
- Past
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- Founder at NetBooks, Inc.
- Board of Directors at Lockdown Networks
- Board of Directors at Eurekster, Inc.
- CEO at nCircle Network Security
- CEO & Founder at Exactly Vertical
- Group Product Manager at Intuit
- Education
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- Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- Stanford University
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Ridgely Evers’s Summary
Ridgely got his first computer in 1967 and started his first business in the early 1970s. In 1988 he joined Intuit, where he was responsible for the creation of QuickBooks, and later instrumental in creating their online banking system.
After Intuit he was been CEO of several technology startups, including Exactly Vertical, a pioneer in supply-chain automation for small business, and nCircle, one of the leading companies in internet network security.
Since 2003 he has been a managing partner at Tapit Partners, providing assistance to both startups and Global 2000 companies. In addition to its more traditional consulting and advisory work, Tapit also incubates promising ventures; Ridge's projects have included NetBooks and Remail.me.
In 1990 he founded DaVero Sonoma , which he and his wife Colleen McGlynn have built into a premier producer of extra virgin olive oils, wines, and other artisan food products.
He earned a BA, with distinction, in International Relations from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Ridgely Evers’s Experience
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Managing Partner
Tapit Partners
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)
Tapit Partners is a group of veteran technology executives who work with both early-stage and Global 2000 companies to provide a wide range of advice, strategic guidance, and investment.
We also incubate promising companies through our Genuinely Useful Software initiative, including NetBooks and Remail.me. -
Founder & Co-owner
DaVero Sonoma, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Food & Beverages industry)
January 1988 — Present (21 years 7 months)
The premier producer of extra virgin olive oils in the US. Founded the business in 1988 by taking cuttings of olive trees in Italy and planting them in Sonoma county. Received Top Gold in 2002 International Olive Oil Competition; selected as Best Tuscan Olive Oil by Italy's Gambero Rosso; etc. Growing product line now includes wine.
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Founder
NetBooks, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2004 — December 2008 (5 years)
Startup addressing small business market via software-as-a-service.
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Board of Directors
Lockdown Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
February 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 5 months)
Lockdown Networks has actually delivered on the promise of Network Access Control (NAC), one of the 'Holy Grails' of network security. Great team, killer products.
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Board of Directors
Eurekster, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
2005 — February 2007 (2 years)
Eurekster is a rapidly-growing business in web search. Its solid technology automatically and dynamically tunes search results according to the behavior of the community to which the searcher belongs, thereby providing far more relevant results.
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CEO
nCircle Network Security
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)
November 2000 — November 2002 (2 years 1 month)
Leading network security company, providing appliance-based solution to F500 companies worldwide. Joined company as CEO, created product strategy, raised two rounds of venture capital, closed 7-figure enterprise deals, emptied wastebaskets.
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CEO & Founder
Exactly Vertical
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 1998 — October 2000 (2 years 7 months)
Supply-chain automation for small business verticals. Set record for fastest penetration of software into a vertical, capturing more than 50% of initial vertical in less than 6 months.
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Group Product Manager
Intuit
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; INTU; Computer Software industry)
October 1988 — May 1994 (5 years 8 months)
One of company's principal visionaries, leading several large cross-functional teams that created major new businesses for the company, including QuickBooks (for which I also wrote much of the code) and online banking.
Ridgely Evers’s Education
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA , 1980 — 1982
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Stanford University
BA , International Relations , 1977
